Manoah's wife

The angel of the Lord appears to her and tells her she will have a son.

J. Cheryl Exum argues that Manoah's wife is more perceptive than her husband, in that she "senses at once something otherworldly" about the man of God who visits her, and "recognizes a divine purpose behind the revelation.

"[1] Bruce Waltke regards her as cynical, noting that, unlike Hannah, she neither prays for a child nor praises God afterwards.

[2] Ancient Rabbinic tradition identifies this woman as the Hazzelelponi mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:3, and the Talmud gives her a variant of this name, Tzelelponit (Hebrew: צללפונית).

[3] In the 1949 Cecil B. Demille's biblical film, Samson and Delilah, Manoah's wife was rendered as "Hazelelponit".